James Everett Foor, 48, was sentenced to one to 23 months in the Somerset County Jail for indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old.

Foor was arrested in 2007 for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and indecent assault. Police said the incident occurred sometime before March. The boy was 4 years old at the time.

"I never did anything in my life to any individual that I am being accused of," he said. "It just makes me feel bad that somebody would do something like this to hurt me."

Johnstown attorney Kevin Joseph Rozich told President Judge John Cascio that his client has been in special education classes and cannot read or write. He said Foor signed a police statement explaining that it was an accidental touching, but Rozich was not sure he could get the statement suppressed. He asked the judge to sentence Foor to five years' probation.

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Foor's brother, Gary, told the judge that James Foor would be living with him. He said his brother used poor judgment in the situation.

"My brother has not been as fortunate in his life as I have," he said. "I've never seen anything malicious in his intent."

Cascio said Foor would not receive credit for time served. The incarceration will be followed by two years of probation.

As the baby-sitter of the child, Foor was trusted to provide care, Cascio said, noting that a lesser sentence would depreciate the seriousness of the crime.